Platform Manager Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

Platform Manager
Suffolk > Ipswich

The median Platform Manager daily rate in Ipswich is £415, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Platform Manager 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 1.65% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.77% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £406 - -
25th Percentile £409 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 - -
75th Percentile £418 - -
90th Percentile £419 - -
Suffolk median daily rate £415 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Ipswich

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Ipswich. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Ipswich with a recognized job title 113 36 33
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.39% 97.30% 97.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 27 18
10th Percentile £303 £170 £105
25th Percentile £456 £179 £123
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £225 £289
Median % change year-on-year +130.56% -22.08% -51.88%
75th Percentile £638 £405 £538
90th Percentile £750 £560 £558
Suffolk median daily rate £513 £275 £220
% change year-on-year +86.36% +25.00% -60.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 10
10th Percentile £16.25 - £11.25
25th Percentile £16.99 - £11.95
Median hourly rate £21.00 £17.79 £14.60
Median % change year-on-year +18.04% +21.85% -28.99%
75th Percentile £23.00 - £15.15
90th Percentile - - £15.34
Suffolk median hourly rate £19.37 £17.79 £14.60
% change year-on-year +8.85% +21.85% -2.67%

Platform Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Platform Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich.

Platform Manager job vacancy trend in Ipswich

Platform Manager Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich

For the 6 months to 15 July 2026, Platform Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Ipswich region featuring Platform Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Apache Cassandra
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) Check_MK
1 2 (100.00%) Garbage Collection
1 2 (100.00%) Hazelcast
1 2 (100.00%) InterSystems Cache
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Kafka
1 2 (100.00%) Memory Management
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Docker
2 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Podman
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi

Platform Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Cassandra
1 2 (100.00%) Hazelcast
1 2 (100.00%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Garbage Collection
1 2 (100.00%) Memory Management
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Check_MK
2 1 (50.00%) Podman
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) VMware